INDEX. 



831 



Corn, quantity of, grown on an acre 



and a quarter, 309 

 Cost of drainage affected by texture 



of soils, 82 

 Covering for drains, 105 

 Cows, importance of a good lot of, 



12 

 Crop of cattle, shape, &c. of the, 3 

 Cropping, alteration in the rotation 



of, 231 

 Crops, different properties of an acre 



of, 18 

 injury of by trees, 219 

 one genus must not be sown in 



succession, 219 

 pay for the cultivation of, 257 

 require an ingredient essential 



to production, 189 

 Crushed bones and gypsum, use of, 



182 

 Cubic measure, to what applied, 217 

 Cultivation of crops, payment for, 



per acre, 257 

 Cuttmg (mowing) an acre, cost of, 



239 



Day-labourer, hours of, 235 



Deep and shallow drains, difference 

 between, 123 



Deep cultivation, Mr. Mechi on, 

 228 



Deep-draining the basis of agricul- 

 tural improvement, 106 

 increase by, to crops, 107 



Deep drains, importance of over 

 shallow, 102 



Depths of drains, 101, 230 



how to be determined, 125 



Depth to which plants will send their 

 roots, 104 



Dew -worm, an auxiliaiy to the 

 drainer, 90 



Dibbling, how and where done, 242 



Digging, cost of, 243 



Ditch-digging, 244 



prices paid for, 245 



Down-lands, how cultivated, 30G 



Drainage, causes of obstruction to, 

 84, 88, 89 

 natural aids to, 90 



Drained iields, map of, 78 



Drained lands, manure more effec- 

 tive on, 7G 

 suffers least from drought, 81 



Draining, advantages arising from, 

 76 

 a knowledge of geology neces- 

 sary in, 125 

 benefits derived from, 124 

 cost of, 124, 129, 130, 245 

 expense and profit of, 120 

 how little understood, 123 

 how to carry it into eflfect, 100 

 level, when used in, 126 

 result of operations in, 129 

 the Deanstone system, 73 

 the Elkington system, 72 

 the principles of, 123 

 when carried on, 110 

 Drains, cost of, 130 

 covering for, 105 

 cutting, process of, 114 

 deposits in, analysis of, 86 

 depth and distance of, not the 



same in all soils, 82 

 depth of, 78, 101 

 depth of, how to be determined, 



125 

 direction in which they should 



be placed, 230 

 distance of apart, 78, 230 

 how formed, 126, 127 

 how to be laid, 106 

 level, when used, 126 

 long runs in, to be avoided, 127 

 plans of, should be laid down, 



101 

 roots of trees injurious to, 100 

 should be carried up the fall, 



124 

 should be frequent and narrow, 



78 

 should be well secured above, 



79 

 should not be placed in a hedge, 



101 

 turf most preferable for cover- 

 ing, 79 

 Drayton-Mauor Park, nature of sub- 

 soils in, 88 

 Dressings for grass-land, 272 

 Drill-workers, description of, 243 

 Dry soil, warmth of a, 76 



Elevation, limit of, for fertility, 320 

 Eny's, E., experiments of, 213 

 Evaporation, action of, 80 

 Expenses in farming, separation of, 

 325 



